Guy-rod.



H. w. PEERSTER.

' GUY ROD. 'APPucAnoN man m mwn.

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as the. abnormal strains due to wind, sleet and storms. My invention relates to a guy rod free from a weld andone whichwill: avoid the'expense of welding, and the weak Ar brine.

HENRY w. rrnrsrnn, or wnsrrinLnf nniv'anitsnu, ASSIGNOR 'ro HENRY B. NEWHALL.

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Specification oflltters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Application fileifluly i7, 1917.. Serial No. 181,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, HENRY W: 'PLEISTER, h

a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newv ness inherent insuch a welded guy rod asis now. commonly emploved. It further relates to a guy. rod in w ich a separate thimble does not have to be used; In my invention an ordinarycommercial square-headed bolt may be used with my improved guy with the square-head ed bolt.

head, which-headway be sold as a separate article of manufacture, or .in combination My invention further relates to certain detailsof'construction which will be more fully hereinafter described in the speci-fica: tion and covered by. the claims. v

I have shown in the 'accompanying 'drawing'sdifferent illustrative embodiments of invention but, of'course it is to be understood that my invention is not to be confined simply to the forms illustrated except as required by the scope of the appended claims, nor to-the particular'use described herein, for it would be. equally useful on bridge rods, turnbuckle rods, as a'means of attaching grab hooks to chains and manyother purposes .where swivel eyes maybe" used. Bythe 2' use of around h'eaded bolt or'fother shape for insertion in-the heada I swiveling actioncouldbeobtained. fI'n'these ing located in thehead.

drajvings the same reference numeraLrefers to 1 similar parts in the several figures; [Figured is a. side-elevation of a tel'fiphone 7 pole'shown bracedbya guy rope secured to my improved guy rod.'{.

Fig.2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the guy head showing the rod be- A Fgg? is a plan view of my improvedguy ea 1 Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through a modified form of guy head.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modification. In the illustr'ative embodiments of my invention shown in. the drawing 1, is a telephone or telegraph pole having'its end embedded in the ground 2. Near the other end.

of the pole 1 is "secured one end of the guy rope 3, theother end of which passes through; "v a the guy head 4 and is looped back upon itself and secured by any approved cable clamp 5. My guy rod comprisesttne guy hea'd 4 screw threaded end 7 to cooperate with the" This guy head 4 is cut away, preferably You both s1des '9 and 10,150 as to forman .and an' ordinaryheaded bolt 6 having open'eye, though, of course, only one side Y of the head 4 may be opened as shown by the guy head 11 in Fig. 5.

In the base 12 of the guy head 4 I pro-- vide an opening 1'3, the upper portion of which 14 is of substantially the same diameter as. theIrod 6. In the preferred constructionlone surface 15 of the opening 13 will be substantially parallel to the axis of the guy head While the; surface '16 will. be inclined to said axis so as to form an offset ellipse or flared opening. -This flared opening permits the rod 6 to be inserted through the open side 9, after, of course, first removing the nut 8, the rod being brought into its operative position by bringing its head 17 within the guy head 4 and allowing it to rest upon the surface 18 of the guy head.

In use the end of the rod 6 is passed through an opening ina piece of wood 19, which may be a railroad tie orany other form of anchor, and then embedded the rei quired depth in the soil, which in practice is about five to six feet. I A,

' The, upper solid portion 20 of my guy head 4 is providedwith continuous inclined bearing surfaces 21, 21 to coiiperate with the guy rope 3 an d' performs the same function as a wire rope thimble preventing the cutting or marringof the strands of the wire rope 3.by giving a continuous unbroken bearing surface. I

In some cases I may have a guy head 22, 4 in which the opening 23 will have a double flare or inclined surfaces 24, .24

vhich will permit the rod 6 to be. inserted in the guy head at either side 25 or 26; '.i

My guy head may be either cast tor.

drop forged, and may be sold, as previously noted, as a separate article of manufacture. By my invention I avoid using a rod having a Weld in it thereby avoiding the Weakness of the Weld and the-expense of making it. The tensile strength of my guy rod is raised to the strength of. the rod 6 itself and not limited to the strength of any Weld which may be made in the rod.

Having thus described this invention in connection with several illustrative embodiments thereof to the details of which I do not desire to be limited, What is claimed as new and What is desired to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims: a

-1. An article of manufacture comprising a guy head having one or more-open sides to permit the insertion of a bolt, a solid upper portion having a continuous inclined bearing surface for a guy rope forming an integral unbroken thimble preventing the cutting or marring of the Wire rope, and a 'bafe having an opening for the passage of a .130 t.

2. An article of manufacture 'comprising a guy head having one or more open sides to permit the insertion of a bolt, asolid upper portion having a continuous inclined bearing surface for a guy rope forming an integral'unbroken' thimble pre-.

a ing for the passage of a bolt.

v A guy rod to be used with'wire rope vincluding in combination an ordinary commercial headed bolt, and a' removable guy head having one or more open sides to permit the insertion of the bolt at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the guy head, the guy head having a solid upper portion having a continuous inclined bearing surface for a Wire rope forming an integral"'unbroken thimble preventing the cutting or marring of the strands of the Wire rope, the guy head having a base provided with a flaring opening to assist in the insertion of the rod Within the side of the guy head.

4. An article of manufacture comprising a guy head provided With a base. having a tapering hole to admit a bolt at an incline to the longitudinal axis of the guy head, the guy head having an integral elliptical eye provided at its upper end with a solid unbroken bearing surface for the. wire rope said upper end of the integral eye being HENRY W. PLEISTER.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH J. ROTH, MARY R. RYAN. 

